In April, Jonathan Frederick, Michael Frederick, and I ate lunch at Top of the Hill with Captain Jim Lovell (above, center). Jim Lovell was the commander of Apollo 13, CMP on Apollo 8, and astronaut on both Gemini 7 and Gemini 12. Upon my recommendation, Captain Lovell had the Lizard Chips, a spicy and tangyContinue reading “Under the Dome Again”
Author Archives: Michael G. Neece
A Big Boost for my Morehead Planetarium Books
Todd Boyette (above, far right) is Director of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. Today, he sent me a memorandum of understanding regarding my writing projects. It may not sound particularly exciting, but what it says is this: I have his, and MPSC’s, full support on my research and writing projects. The support even includes fundingContinue reading “A Big Boost for my Morehead Planetarium Books”
Under Carolina Skies
Yesterday, I spent time with Jim Horn, the man who was hired to maintain the Zeiss VI planetarium star projector you see above. (This is a photo I took in 1994 in the Morehead Planetarium star theater.) Jim shared with me dozens of slides, pictures, and artifacts he’d been given or that were trash-bound butContinue reading “Under Carolina Skies”
New YMT Artwork!
May Diamond, Tim Branch’s best friend, drew this for Tim’s 17th birthday. Tim only sees it in dim light and thinks it shows Tim with his late father. (Artwork by Doan Trang. Copyright Michael Neece © 2017)